'IV AYr APR~b-48r, -1 4 Taft Twirls for Wolverines In Michigan State Tilt Today THE iMICHIiGAN D I)AILY -FAGJ T 39 Michigan Skippers Third in Regatta "4.. By KEN BIALKIN With one diamond victory al- ready under their belts the Wol- verines will try to make it two in a row when they take on the in- vading -Spartanh from Michigan State this afternoon at 3:30 at .erry Field. After a slow start the Mich- igan hitters are gradually round- ing into shape knocking out ten hits in their 8-3 win ovel' Indiana last Saturday. COACH RAY FISHTR has nom- inated big Bill Taft to go to the mound against the Spartans this ofternoon. Taft will probably be opposed by Charles "Bus" Bowers, Four Drivers Share Hot-Rod Racing Honors The opening day honors of hot- rod (racing in Michigan, which took place at the Ypsilanti Speedway Sunday afternoon, were shared by four drivers out of the qualifying field of twelve racers. Top man was Al Miller who won the feature event, a 20-lap grind on the half-mile track. This was the best contest of the seven-race schedule, as Miller was pressed all the way by Bill Thurman and Phil Gerhart. Marion Adams led the pack for a while but spun out on the teith lap, and from then on Miller managed to stay in front. THIS QUARTET of men were the standouts of afternoon's pro- ceedings which were witnessed by over 1500 fans. -..4am set t time record of 33 seconds for once around the dry track in the time trials held Saturday afternoon. Gerhart clipped one second off the time on the wet speedway on Sunday. Thurman- won the Australian Pursuit, a reverse start race in which the cars the staggered ac- cording to whichever is the fastest. Races will be held again this Sunday, and the management promises to provide more adequate seating arrangements for hot-rod fans. a sophomore, and currently the Green and White's top hurler. The Wolverine lineup will be the same team that Fisher has fielded in the last two games. This includes Jack McDonald at first base, Bill Buchholz at sec- ond, Bob Wolff in the short- stop slot with Ted Kobrin rounding out the infield at the hot corner. The outfield will find Hal Mor- nill in rigrt, Ralph Morrison in center and Willard Baker in left. Doing the honors behind the plate will be captain Hal Raymond.,, THE MICHIGAN TEAM has been riddled with injuries which have had a telling effect on the Wolverine's performances . this year. Ted Kobrin and Bill Buck- holz have been nursing stiff legs for the past two weeks and first' baseman Jack McDonald is both- ered by a painfully twisted ankle. Sophomore catcher Pete Palmer is just about recovered from a deep spike wound in his knee which he sustained before the team left on their southern trip. According to Fisher, injuries had a lot to do with the 1-0 loss to Indiana last Friday. Ted Kobrin Any independent team wish-# ing to enter tennis competition must submit their entries to the I-M office by tomorrow. -Chuck Orwick. was caught at the plate trying to score the tying run. If he had been in good shape he might have scored easily. * * * THE WOLVERINE - HOOSIER game last Friday was one of the bestg ames to be played in these parts in a long time. Indiana coach Ernie Andres called it the best college game that he ever saw. The Spartans boast a power- ful aggregation which was not hurt much by graduation last year. Shortstop Frank Bagdon has been moved from the infield to the catcher's position. Among the other lettermen who will see action against the x Wol- verines tomorrow are infielders Jack Dillon and Captain Dan Ur- banik. Playing in the outfield for coach John Kobs will probably be Ed Sobczak and George Ruten- bar. Purdue Crew Sails to First Place Honors Bowling Green Takes Second by One Point By JACK BERGSTROM Last Saturday and Sunday a smart sailing Purdue crew piled up a total of 82 points to easily win the Michigan Invitational regatta at Whitmore Lake. Bowling Green, last year's win- ner, placed second with 65 points, the Michigan sailors finished a close third with 64 points. * * * THE POINT TOTALS for the other schools entered were: Indi- ana 56, Minnesota 42, Cincinnati University 42, Illinois Tech 41, Wayne 36, and St. Thomas 0. St. Thomas withdrew from the re- gatta Saturday afternoon after capsizing before the start of the first three races. Michigan got off to a good start Saturday morning in the first race when Ned Stuart and Nancy Fairman gave the Wol- verines their first victory of the regatta. Michigan was cloely pursued by Bowling Green and Purdue who finished second and third resspectively. 'In the 'B' division of the first race Danny Cortpassi and Pat Adams sailing for Michigan placed third behind Purdue and Bowling Green. * * * THE 'A' DIVISION of the sec- ond race was won by Bowling Green with Purdue second and the Wolverines a close third. The wind was steadily in- creasing all morning and by the time the 'B' division race was ready to be sailed Whitmore Lake had become too rought to continuing sailing. Later in the afternoon they tried to sail the race but six boats were capsized before they could reach the starting line. Jim Rukin, commodore of the Michigan Sail- ing Club then postponed the rest of the regatta until Sunday be- cause "the weather was too heavy, the boats just won't take it." AT THE END of the first day of the regatta Purdue was leading with 29 points, Bowling Green sec- ond with 25 points, Michigan third with 24 points, and Indiana fourth with 16 points. Sunday t h e Boilermakers steadily increased their lead. They took one first, three sec- onds, two thirds, and one fourth for a total of 82 points. The Wolverines got off to a poor start Sunday by placing fourth in the first race of the morning. In the next two races Michigan placedfirst and second but was disqualified for barging at the starting line. These disqualifica- tions killed Michigan's bid for first place. The Wolverine skippers finally settled down to some real sailing and piloted their boats to victory in the last three races of the re- gatta. Correction Sunday's Daily incorrectly lab- eled a picture of Gene Ring, In- diana shortstop, as Wolverine out- fielder, Ralph Morrison. California Track Coach States Team'Just Good' By HUGH QUINN "We have a good team-not outstanding,.just good; the boys have a good attitude, and that counts a lot." This was California Coach Brutus Hamilton's over-all picture of his Golden Bear track squad yesterday as it was practicing for its dual meet with the Wolverines Wednesday. * * * * "WE HAVE GOOD strength in the distance races-the mile and two-mile. We have three boys who can run the mile under 4:20, and Major League Round-Up By The Associated Press Three errors and four Giant NEW YORK - Vic Raschi hitshelpedrNew York score four pitched the New York Yankees to off Hank Borowy in the eighth a 3-2 decision over his oldt "cous- to come from behind. ins," the Philadelphia Athletics, * * yesterday with the help of two errors by shortstop Eddie Joost NEW YORK-Behind.Bill Vois- in the fourth inning. Raschi and elle's six hit pitching, the Boston his opponent, Joe Coleman, each Braves blanked the Brooklyn allowed five hits. Dodgers, 3-0, yesterday. { * * Raschi, who has beaten the A's nine out of 10 times in his brief BOSTON-The Red Sox cashed major league career, chalked up six hits into two runs to beat his second straight win of the sea- Washington, 2-0, yesterday. Mel fon. He shut out Washington in Parnell went the route for Bosox. the first start.* * * * * * ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals PHILADELPHIA - Clint Har- paced by Stan Musial's home run tung the outfield "phenom" of two and heavy hitting by Al Schoen- springs ago, pitched the New York diest and rookie Al Sauer walliped Giants to their fourth straight vic- the Cincinnati Reds, 9-3, last tory today, 6-3, as the Philadel- night. phia Phils' defense fell apart in * * * the eighth inning. Only a tie with CHICAGO-Rain forced cancel- the Braves breaks the Giants' lation of the Tiger-White Sox string. came yesterday. * * * O Bears' Vefing Likens Home To Ann Arbor 4. By BEV BUSSEY (Sports Feature Editor) After only one day in Ann Ar- bor, thoughts of home flooded back to Kaare Vefling, University of California distance man. They weren't thoughts of sunny Berkeley, but of Sandefjord, Nor- way, a little town set back at the bottom of a fjord near the na- tion's capital. That's where Vef- ling lived until a year and a half ago. HE COMPARED Sandefjord to Ann Arbor, the campus, and the surrounding area. "The small farms and the greenness are more like Norway than is California. You can even smell the freshness of the air here," he said. "The Michigan track is like the one in Norway. So far it's been fast and quite easy to run, on," Vefling commented. Back in' Norway, most of the practicing is done on the back roads and through the forests. He There will be a meeting of the "M" Club tonight in the Club Room at 7:30. All mem- bers are urged to attend. -President. remembers the numerous hikes in the snow throughout the win- ter-that are not only fun, but good for strengthening leg muscles. * * * THE YUNNERS are on their own for the most part. Rather than competing for colleges, Nor- wegian trackmen belong to and run for private clubs. During the season, emphasis is placed on in- dividuals of different groups competing together rather than in dual meets," Vefling said. Thus it happened that the University of California miler won the 1,500 meter Norwegian title in '47, while running for a Sandefiord club. He ran 10 sec- onds behind Lennert Strand who equalled the world's record in that race. A troublesome lew, which was injured in a California meet last year, has recovered completely. Coach Hamilton has taught him the lesson just to keep running, and Vefling is doing exactly that. Because of the injury he didn't do' too well in the Olympics last summer, but so far this season he has won all five races he's been in. According to Coach Hamilton, "Kaare is an astute trackman as well as an astute student." "hree who have bettered 9:40 for the two-mile. Four of our quarter- milers have run between :49 and :50, but that's about all." "How did California fare against Southern Cal last Sat- urday"? "Well, they beat us pretty much as we expected. We were shut out in the 440- and 880-yard runs, but this balanced out when we swept the two distance events. This is the way it was predicted. * * * "OF COURSE, nobody can touch Mel Patton. He won both the 100 and 220, and his time for the 220 was :20.9, which isn't bad at all. Our sprinter, Donnie Anderson placed second to Patton in the National Collegiate's last year, but he didn't place at all last Satur- day. "He's been bothered by an Achilles' heel-something like Herb Barten's injury, and hasn't been practicing very long. But his time againstvSouthern Cal was 'a fast :10 flat, so it looks likehhe's rounding into shape ... he ran :09.6 last year. "But at least we weren't shut out in the sprints. Jack Norberg finished second, and his time in the 100 was :09.8. He's also our best broad pumper-jumps over 24 ft." "HOW IS California's strength in the other field events, besides Norberg in the broad jump"? "Well, we're weak in the field events. Out of all the large stu- dent body at Berkeley, only one person-Walt Briant-can clear 6 ft. in the high jump. He has done 6 ft., 1 in. Briant is only a sophomore, and already he has run the high hurdles in :14.6. . He won against USC Saturday. Unfortunately, he doesn't run the low hurdles." "How many men made the trip East with you? Did anyone have to stay behind"? "WE BROUGHT 22 men, but had to leave two of the point-win- ners home with injuries. Roland Maples, a good sprinter and quar- ter miler, and Dick Cotton, a half- miler, weren't in shape to make the trip. We're on spring vacation at California now, so nobody is missing any classes. ' -Daily-Carlisle Marshall KAARE, VEFLING Nimble Norge Young Tops Foil Prelims With Pete Young leading the way, Michigan Scimitar Club fen- cers captured two of the four final berths in the state open foil preliminaries, held Sunday in De- troit. Young's victims in the qualify- ing bouts included Ed Micllef, Scimitar Club captain and one of the state leading collegiate fencers who holds numerous state foil titles. MICLLEF STARTED out cold in the qualifying round after tak- ing all his preliminary bouts. He dropped his first two bouts to Young and Dick Yas- enchek of Lawrence Tech but recovering his composure, to took the last five, giving him an over-all fvie and two qualifying record, thus moving him up to the finals. .' vo A Whizzer Motor Bike is so easy to own, costs only pen- f nies a day for miles of thrifty travel. 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